The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-16
WfSCONSIN NEWS.

A CURIOUS suit has been begun
against an estate in a Milwaukee
court. -Four men who acted as pail
bearers at the funeral OF the decea sed
have sued for compensation in the
amount of s. so each for the service.
r. E. KRUGER, II blind portrait
painter of Milwaukee, committed sui
eide on the 9Th by taking morphine.
He had become Respondent over the
loss of his sight.
A BOILER at the ship yard OF Wolf
q Davidson, Milwaukee, exploded on
the 9th inst, wrecking the boiler house
and doing considerable other damage.
People in the city took it for an earth
quake.
SAM RUCKETT, veteran OF the late
war. who has been engaged in selling
farm machinery for twenty years,
committed suicide in Linden by cut
ting his throat with a razor. He
leaves wife and several children.
KNAPP, Dnnn County, has q new
paper, the Mining Journal, published
by George l.. Jones.
GODFREY S. BABcoCK, the Oldest
man in La Crosse, died of paralysis
on the 9th. He came to Wisconsin in
lS45.
JENNY HILLS, a farmers daughter,
age about 20, who has been living
with her parents near Eau Claire, dis
appeared from home the other night,
tying her clothes in bundle and de-
scending from her bed room window.
A young man named Geo. Dixon who
had been paying her attention having
disappeared at the same time, it is
believed he has decoyed the girl to st.
Paul or Minneapolis. The parents,
who are distracted with grief, have
been searching in vain in nelghboring
cities for their daughter.
WILLIAM SCHMIrT, while standing be,
fore e. mirror in the parlor of his resi-
dence, corner of Eleventh and Winnie
bago Streets, Milwaukee, on the 8th,
drew q knife across his throat. The
physicians who were called in found
that the cat was not dangerous and
sewed up the wound. Schmidt has
been somewhat demented OF late, and
during the past week repeatedly
threatened the lives OF his step-daugh-
ters, who live with him. Some days
ago his wife proposed that he divide
the property with her and that they
separate, as she claimed he abused
her.
CONRAD DREIBLER, an old resident
OF Butternut, was run over by q
freigho train and instantly killed.
LEADING farmers OF Eau Claire and
adjacent counties report that the
damage to winter wheat will not be
less than so per cent, owing to the ex-
treme cold weather and insufficient
snow protection for the past few
weeks. Or many OF the fine farms in
the vicinity OF Augusta, in the eastern
part OF the county, the yield will not
be sufficient to afford the amount OF
seed needed FOR next fall
Gus MCCABE, under arrest for the
shooting Of Louis de Silve in Mil
waukee gambling house, has been dis
charged from custody, the prosecution
failing to press The case.
THE people OF La Crosse county are
in q peculiar preaicament. After issu
ing and selling S56, 600 worth OF bonds
to build an insane asylum, they have
changed their minds. What dieposi-
tion will be made Of the money in the
hands of the treasurer is not known,
but there is talk of using it for the
erection Of a new jail.
A COMPANY is being organized in
Minneapolis to build mil! for crush
ing paint ore found near Eau Claire.
Ii. f. HORTON has contracted to
build a new bridge across the Chippe-
wa River at Eau Claire, for $4,000.
The structure will be $50 feet long.
A WOMAN was arrested at Eau
Claire and taken to Chippewa Falls to
answer to the charge of robbing res
ident of the last named city of a
gold watch worth S16 and $50 in
money.
EDWARD CRONIN, q Iaborer on the
new foundry building st the E. p. Allis
works, Milwaukee, fell through a sky
light in the roof on the 9th, and was
almost instantly killed. 1t seems that
Cronin and another workman were
carrying q plank on the roof, Cronln
following his companion, who held the
other end OF the plank. The unfortu
nate man did not see the opening IN
the roof whsn he reached it and fell,
feet first. In going down Cronin struck
a cross beam which reversed his posi-
ton. He struck upon his head and
shoulders, fracturing mis- skull at the
base of the brain. The distance Of
the fall WAS "a feet. A physician was
called, but the man died Just as he ar
rived.
MRS. CATHERINE MEYER, of Milwau-
kee, found her long-lost husband on
one OF the marble slabs in the
morgue. The scene was an affecting
one. Sufficient money has been col
lected to give theman a decent burial.
THE Island View House, at Bay
field, was destroyed by fire supposed
to have originated in the cooking de-
partment. The loss is So, 900; insur-
ance 81 900. Very little OF the con-
tents is saved. Wiley & Son, propri.
etors, intend to build on g larger
scale than ever in connection with the
annex on the hill.
HENRY GEORGE, the great reformer,
lectured in Milwaukee on the 9Th on
"The crime of Poverty"
hE SuUUeu auu peculiar uehtu OI
an old lady, named Randolph. ut
Madison, is to be made the subject
of an official investigation. Her re-
lations entertain suspicious OF foul
play.
FIVE prisoners confined in the Price
County Jail at Phillips, made their es.
cape by cutting q crevice in parti.
ton attached to the sewer and vault.
None haveyet been apprehended. All
we're awaiting trial at the June term
of circuit court. This is the second
jail delivery made in that place with
IN eight months.
The Chicago & North Western ticket
Office in La Crosse, suffered loss of a
little more than 800 on the
4th. Either the Office was
left unlocked while the clerk s
we're at dinner, or the men had a key
that unlocked it, and it was not until
O'Clock that the discovery WAS made
that all the money left in the drawer
was missing. 1t is thought the job
WAS dOpo hu two trQponG